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The boy, who has not been named, has been charged with the first degree murder of a juvenile, McKayla Dyer.

Police in White Pine, Tennessee, allege the youth shot McKayla with a shotgun on Saturday evening after she refused to let him see her puppy.

Her mother, Latasha said the two children went to the same school.

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McKayla Dyer and her mother, Latasha

I want her back in my arms

Latasha Dyer

"I want her back in my arms, this is not fair, hold and kiss you’re babies every night because you’re never promised the next day with them.

"I hope the little boy learned his lesson because he took my baby’s life and I can’t get her back.”

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McKayla Dyer's home on a trailer park

Jefferson County Sheriff Bud McCoig said the boy shot his victim from inside his father's trailer park home.

White Pine Elementary School's principal, Bill Walker, said the school would remember the dead girl's "smile and her beautiful face".

He said: "The emotions of our staff are so great when something like this happens that we’re all trying to love on and pray for and protect all of students.

"We got together as a staff yesterday and had our emotional time with each other, to try to prepare for today. I don’t think that you can prepare for when you walk in and see students that are hurting."